Legacy 990's

I got mine the week before Christmas. You should have received a call to pick it up by now!


George

Not a word yet!!! Ordered it from Hobby Station.

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Originally posted by TT:
Has anyone gotten their Legacy 990's yet. Besides the few people that got them before Christmas. I've had mine on order since Nov. 21, 2011. TT

my 990 was ordered in Feb 2011 and received in dec 2011. ordering in nov you might have to wait a little longer. I heard that sometime in feb or march 2012 there should be some more 990s.

lionels web site has a place to sign up for emails when the 990s are instock. I know the link says 993 but the 990 is also listed.

http://www.lionelstore.com/pro...LEGACY_Expansion_Set

There was a small shipment in mid December. I walked into Trainland about a week before Christmas and picked one up. They still had one or two left they said. When I went back after Christmas they were all gone. I didn't pre-order or anything, just got lucky I guess.

I guess it depends on how many Hobby Station had backordered and where you are on their list.

I got my Legacy 990. So far nothing but problems. The remote could not find the base. Call all the local lionel legacy people and could not overcome the problem. The number pad would not light up. As least CAB 1 never had problems find the command base. I hope my experince is not the norm.

Did they have you reload the software to both the base and remote?

That's what I would do and other have to solve that issue with the new run of 990s.

I don't mean to highjack the thread, but is registration of your system only for new systems?

Milwrd

I too had to load the CAB and BASE modules when I first unpacked my 990. Took 5 minutes and no issues since.

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Originally posted by milwrd:
I don't mean to highjack the thread, but is registration of your system only for new systems?

Milwrd

Register it so you can receive information about updates. Soon updates will via the internet or via a module that will be available through Lionel but I believe they are going to start charging for that option.

The download via the internet will be done to a one time purchased black module. I haven't heard whether the download will cost anything, I hope not, but you can keep the versions on your lap top and write to the black module as needed.

Anyone seen any latest sightings of 990's? I am looking to buy and am sure their are plenty of other people in line. Hope they make enough to go around. I see Charles Ro is EXPECTED AVAILABILITY BY 02/10/2012
Hope this is true!

charles ro is one of lionels biggest dealers and when they post a date it is pretty close to the exact date of arrival.

Lets hope so! I have seen their dates get pushed back. Kind of at the mercy of Lionel.
I just got a reply from Grzyboski's Trains, and they said they do not know when Lionel will release more. So I am kind of skeptical at this point.

A good sign is they're starting to show up on eBay, here's one that's an auction with no reserve. eBay Legacy #990 (NEW)

From the answer to the question about updating on the auction, that appears to be an older one. But sometimes sellers are not really cognizant of the finer details...

I talked to Charles Ro Today, they are not expecting until March 1, we shall see!!

Crazy!

LOL! I am not going to say anymore!

 

Have a Good night!

 

yep! charles ro says now 3-10-2012 for the 990.

Another one of Lionel's screw-ups!!!!!   We might get them in another year or two---maybe three!!!!!!

how is it Lionel's fault if they can not get the parts?  do you remember the tsunami in japan? I believe some of the electrical components come from japan.

I talked to Lionel (Jay Don) at the WGH in SLC two weeks ago. A small shipment this month a full shipment in March

Having worked in the aerospace industry for many years, I can tell you that when critical parts are not available, they're simply not available!  Seems that there's always one critical part that's single-sourced, and suddenly there's a huge delay!

 

Life sucks, that's the way it is.

This seems to be Lionel's ongoing problem of posting a production date and not coming thru on or even near this date.  I ordered some switch tracks that were to be operated with a CAB-1 back in 2009.  It was well over a year before they ever came out with them. Each time they put out about 4-5 different production dates!!!  After the first year, I bought the remote switch tracks and cancelled the CAB-1 operated ones.  I also have a friend who has ordered Lionel Productions with production dates being pushed back each time.  He said he has had stuff on order for almost two years now!!!  Is this anyway to run a business???

I do not see a production date posted.  I see a shipping date posted, and all through it does not say "subject to change without notice" I am sure some thing along that line is posted some where on their web site.  I remember many years ago when I ordered my truck the expected shipping date changed many times.

got this message from Lionel today;

 

Sent from LionelStore.com on 02/03/2012 @ 07:18 AM

This message is to notify you that we again have #990 LEGACY Command Set in stock and available for purchase at LionelStore.com.

So much for the jokers selling at a premium on eBay.   Hopefully, they'll begin to show up at other on-line retailers and be back in the $270-280 range again.

I noticed many of the sellers are listing at retail. They seem to have a few sucessful sales at that, and a few no sales. So it works for them. I rather buy from the traditional  train stores which have telephones that pick up when and if you call. These stores routinely offer a little better prices and reasonable shipping.

Last year I bought my Legacy #990 for $269 on-line, so when the supply pipeline is filled again, I expect the prices to return to something like that level.

My wife sent a message to Hobby Station who I have had my 990 on order with since Nov. 20. 2011.  They sent her a message back saying they won't have them until 3/20/12.  Who knows how many people are ahead of me and how many they will actually receive from Lionel.  Their price is $295.00.  

Just look at oil, a shortage makes prices rise.  When the pipeline is full again, they'll come back to reasonable levels.